Connecticut Marijuana dispensaries seek licensing

The Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection will announce three new locations for medical marijuana dispensaries in New Haven and Fairfield counties by early next year.

Six medical marijuana dispensaries have opened in Connecticut since the state approved the sale of marijuana for medical purposes in June 2012, but New Haven and Fairfield counties currently each only have one medical dispensary serving residents. The DCP is targeting these counties because the majority of patients seeking access to medical marijuana live in either Fairfield or New Haven County, Connecticut’s Consumer Protection Commissioner Jonathan Harris said.

“We believe, based on demand and location of dispensaries on ground currently, those two counties would be best place to select applicants for new dispensaries,” Harris said.

The DCP announced in June of this year that it would allow three more dispensaries to open in order to meet expanding demand among qualifying patients. Harris said the number...

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